I Can Experience Frisson Again!!!

This is a new word to me and learning about it gives me frisson! According to Wikipedia, frisson is a psychophysiological response to rewarding auditory and/or visual stimuli that often induces chills, goosebumps, and/or pupil dilation. You can read more about it here. This all came into my experience and awareness about half an hour …

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I Was Diagnosed With a Type of Neurodivergence

I like that word...neurodivergence. I've always thought of myself as being cognitively different and now boom...it's official. Recently, I went to seek some professional help. I attempted twice in the past. Once when I was attending college in 2013 for inattentive problems and the second time was in 2020 for existential problems right before covid …

Overcoming My Anxiety and Depression

For most of my life, I had a pretty jovial outlook on everything. I was optimistic, extroverted and indifferent to many things most people would get emotionally triggered by. Therefore, I was able to bounce back from a lot of shit very easily. When I turned 35, things changed. I quit a job I was …

Hello, again.

It's been over a year since my last post. I actually forgot about this blog, until this morning. When I work up, I looked at my phone to look at the time and saw a couple of notifications from WordPress. One was that my blog was being noticed and the other indicated that a few …

Law of Attraction is a Fantasy Concept

Years ago, I used to believe "like attracts like" and whatever you focus on is what you bring into your life. I watched The Secret and read the book too. I watched Youtube videos on law of attraction from people like Abraham Hicks and Bob Proctor. I also read blogs about it from several random …

My Existential Crisis Experience

Before I share my life changing experience, let me explain what an existential crisis is first, to all those who have no clue what it is. It's basically coming to a point in your life when you start questioning the existence and meaning of everything, which can lead to depression. It's also known as the …

What I Do For A Living

I deliver food via food delivery apps. It's not the greatest way to make a living but this is why I do it. It gives me the flexibility to chose when to work, it humbles me, doesn't require much interaction with people, I can pick up work anywhere I travel to in the US and …

Why I Choose to Live in My Vehicle

First of all, let me just put it out there that I don't advocate/recommend living in your vehicle. People who put a positive spin on living in their vehicles, such as "van life" usually have money and are making more money by influencing that kind of lifestyle. But with the truth coming out via Youtube …

What My Daily Routine Looks Like

As of right now, I'm trying to figure out a new solid routine. Routine is good as long as it isn't monotonous. Once a routine becomes monotonous, I have to make some changes so I don't fall victim to anxiety and depression. So first off, I live in my vehicle, once again. I think it's …

Meaning Behind The Resilience Swing

Towards the end of 2015, I experienced my first cluster of adversities. My boyfriend of almost 3 years left me and moved back to his home town to be with the girl he cheated on me with twice. I was fired from my job for questioning the manager about labor law violations. And last, I …